FM piracy for buccaneers on a budget
Two radio bandits were caught operating in the New York City area. One confessed to his malfeasance; the other claimed to merely be an...
FCC issues guidance for FM translator applicants
The final rule-making for new LPFMs and translators made things a little better for those on the translator side of the equation, but in...
Stocks rise on good news squared
An excellent employment report and a strong dollar spurred a rally on Wall Street. Television companies were happy to partake, while radio stocks edged...
FCC doubles down on Michigan AM
The bank account at Birach Broadcasting’s WCXI-AM Fenton MI is going to be a little lighter after the FCC discovered a few problems with...
Consumers investing time to save money
The 2008 financial collapse instilled frugal habits in America’s consumers, and yet another survey shows that those habits have staying power despite the gradual...
Walden affirms support for voluntary incentive auctions
House Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) addressed the auctions in a speech before the NAB, and also suggested that he’s open to discussing...
ABC: DWTS tops NBC’s The Voice
During the 8 o’clock hour, ABC’s DWTS: All Stars -- The Results Show outdrew NBC’s The Voice in head-to-head competition by nearly 1.0 million...
Early DMA winners in election 2012
The presidential campaigns are already signaling where the battlegrounds are – and although one candidate is active in more locations than the other, PACs...
Schnitts Lose in Court
Attorneys for the Schnitts sued them for $1 million owed legal fees.
Incentive auction update at June FCC meeting
There are five items on the agenda being put before the short-handed three-member Federal Communications Commission at the June Open Meeting. None of them...
NBCUniversal doubles in Philadelphia with Telemundo outlet
WCAU-TV is the NBC O&O in the Philadelphia DMA, and it soon be paired with a second O&O
WWL: The Hurricane Station
The BBC focuses on WWL and how the radio station handled Hurricane Katrina.
LPTVs sold out of receivership
$10 WHDO-DC Orlando FL from Digital TV of Orlando LLC (Larry S. Hyman, receiver) to WP Stations LLC, a subsidiary of Western Pacific Broadcast...
Another FM swap for Cumulus and EMF
This pair of radio groups has swapped before in a deal involving Nashville and Mobile. This time, we’re talking Eugene-Springfield and Santa Barbara, but...